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Film · Disney · 1955

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Lady and the Tramp

53Watch it awake.

He chooses the house, but a child will also see the cats played as a caricature.

The review

Say the hard part before anyone is charmed. A pet cocker spaniel lives in a human house. A stray comes into that life. A baby arrives, she is briefly lost, and he chooses the house. The spaghetti is the poster. Reissues made the gentle story feel permanent. A child can watch it. Mister Roberts and Battle Cry were among that year's theatrical crowds. This is the one the kids will sit for.

The cats' number is a caricature, and a child will see it. Say so. The rest is a plain question about a home: when a baby comes, who still belongs, and can a stray pick the house. I like that he chooses. I do not like the joke on the way. Stop for that number. Then it can be a dog deciding to stay.

Journal

Keep Lady and the Tramp in the record.

No house has filed a sentence for this yet.

Live Historic number 53. Yours can differ.

The glance

Industry and Stewardship are the thin ones.

Does anyone here do a real job, and does that job matter?

This phone is set for a grown person, just me. Change the ages.

Consider this

Toy Story

65 instead of 53

Toy Story is still a animation film, and it scores 65 instead of 53. What you gain is stewardship: It hands a child the end of jealousy as a happy ending.

The eight

3
Industry
No one is shown at a job; a pet and a stray have a house and a street.
8
Household
A baby arrives, the pet is briefly lost, and the stray chooses the house.
5
Piety
He could stay a stray; choosing the house is as close as conscience gets.
6
Courage
She is lost for a while, and he gives up the street he already knows.
5
Republic
The house has to make room for a baby and for a dog from outside.
5
Temperance
The spaghetti is the poster; the story still ends on his choosing the house.
6
Truth
He chooses the house, and the picture treats the choice as one he keeps.
4
Stewardship
A home is left, and so is a caricature of the cats that a child will see.

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Film · Prime Video · 1983

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A Christmas Story

53Watch it awake.

Keep it. Desire, a tangent-prone father, and a feast that survives the disaster.

The review

Ralphie's want is excessive and completely recognizable. The Old Man's pride in a hideous lamp is the adult version of the same excess, which is why the film is fair. The mother's management of both is the uncredited heroism. There is a meanness in a few of the jokes that a house can talk over. The Chinese Christmas dinner, when the turkey dies, is the scene that knows what a feast is: the people, relocated, still fed.

Watch it every year if you want. Skip any bit that is only a wince. Keep the pink bunny and the humility it requires.

Journal

Keep A Christmas Story in the record.